USN-3242-1

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    USN-3242-1

    Published: 23 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: samba vulnerability

    Details: Jann Horn discovered that Samba incorrectly handled symlinks. An authenticated remote attacker could use this issue to access files on the server outside of the exported directories.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3242-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2619

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: samba

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/samba@2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.6?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.3.11+dfsg-0ubuntu0.14.04.6

    Affected versions

    2:3.6.18-1ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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